Orange County ostomy support group sets meeting

TOWN OF WALLKILL — The Ostomy Support Group of Orange County will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Wallkill Living Center, 455 Schutt Road Extension, Town of Wallkill.

TOWN OF WALLKILL — The Ostomy Support Group of Orange County will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Wallkill Living Center, 455 Schutt Road Extension, Town of Wallkill.

For more information, call 342-6282.

MILFORD, Pa. — A 70-hour training program to become a volunteer advocate for victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse will be held 6-9:30 p.m. Sept. 11, continuing three nights each week through September and October. The sessions will be held at Safe Haven of Pike County Inc., 500 W. Harford St., Milford, Pa.

Upon completion of the newly designed program, participants will be prepared to serve on Safe Haven's 24-hour hotline and in agency offices

For more information or to schedule an intake interview, call Diane at 570-296-2827.

TOWN OF WALLKILL — Orange Regional Medical Center's Spagnoli Family Cancer Center, in affiliation with Support for People With Oral and Head and Neck Cancer Inc., is now offering a free support group for people diagnosed with oral, head and neck cancer.

The group will meet from 6-7:30 p.m. Sept. 11, and continue on the second Tuesday of each month, at Orange Regional Medical Center Community Health Education Center at 110 Crystal Run Road, Town of Wallkill. Patients, friends and family members are welcome.

For more information, call 695-5891.

MIDDLETOWN — A free nine-week clinical support group for teens will be held 6-7 p.m. Wed., starting Sept. 12, at Mental Health Association in Orange County Inc., 73 James P. Kelly Way, Middletown.

Learn how your relationship with food is connected to your feelings and your voice, develop tools for accepting yourself and others, learn how social expectations influence how you feel about your body, and more.

Registration is required. For more information, call 342-2400, ext. 248.

MIDDLETOWN — A free support group for family members and friends of individuals with eating disorders will be held from 6-7 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Mental Health Association in Orange County Inc., 73 James P. Kelly Way, Middletown.

The monthly meetings are presented by the Mental Health Association in Orange County and the Orange County Eating Disorders Coalition.

Registration is required. For more information or to register, contact Debbie de Jong at 342-2400, ext. 248, or email deJong@mhaorangeny.com.

ELDRED — What once began in Eldred has grown into a national effort to raise money for childhood cancer research. On Sunday, volunteers in cities across the U.S. — including Eldred — will form a Human Line of Hope.

Teams will gather, with each person wearing a letter, spelling out the name or phrase of their choice while holding hands. Messages can spell out the names of loved ones lost to cancer, battling cancer, cancer-free or words of inspiration. Each letter is a donation of $10, with all proceeds benefiting the St. Baldrick's Foundation, a charity dedicated to funding pediatric cancer research.

New this year will be a secret 50-word nationwide message that relates to childhood cancer, says Lou Monteleone, Eldred's Human Line of Hope organizer, who also planned the first Human Line of Hope.

In addition to the Human Line of Hope, this year's Eldred St. Baldrick's event will include a Conga against Cancer traveling dance line. Volunteers will also have a chance to shave their heads in solidarity with kids who have been affected by cancer.

This year's goal is to have all 50 states participate in the Human Line of Hope.

For information on participating, email lineofhope@hvc.rr.com or visit www.stbaldricks.org/events/conga.

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